What do the Oregon Ducks need to prove in Week 2? | College Football Enquirer

Yahoo Sports national columnist Dan Wetzel, senior college sports reporter Ross Dellenger and Sports Illustrated’s Pat Forde discuss Oregon’s Week 1 performance and what they need to bring to their Week 2 game against Boise State. Hear the full conversation on the “College Football Enquirer” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

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Give me a team.

You need to see something from this weekend.

Oregon, man.

The Ducks were not good in the opener.

I mean, they came in ranked number three.

Some people talking, you know, not only making the playoff but possibly pushing Ohio State to win the big 10 and they’re in a tussle into the fourth quarter with Idaho.

Uh, so I’ve got to see a little bit more from the Ducks and this is a big game.

They are playing Boise and I think Boise is a legitimate group of five playoff contender with a legitimate Heisman trophy contender and Ashton Genty at running back.

So, gotta see the Ducks be able to run the ball.

They did not run well against an F CS opponent.

Uh, they made enough mistakes to just not get in the end zone.

I mean, you had Dylan Gabriel throwing 49 times against an F CS team.

So things were just not clicking the way it was expected would happen from the Ducks.

Um I would anticipate, you know, they will take a major step forward but that the, the opponent is also much better and in weird, uh, twist here that these two schools have played three times and Boise’s won all three and it’s not like that goes back to the seventies when Oregon sucked.

I mean, this is like 2008, 2009.

The La Garrett blunt punch out of Byron Hout.

Um, and then, uh, they played in a bowl game in the 20 tens.

So hold out the Byron Hout, I mean, couldn’t you just move on with his life?

He cannot, he got decked on national TV.

Live.

It was a crazy…

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Publish date : 2024-09-05 15:58:20

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